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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1957

Page

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President Eisenhower Confined To Bed By Stomach Upset

President Eisenhower remained in bed at the White House after suffering an upset stomach overnight. Doctors monitor vital signs as Hagerty reports progress and notes no relation to past ileitis surgery or heart attack. Blueberry pie suspected as the irritant. stock market reacts to news.

Washington Eisenhower White House E.d.t James C. Hagerty Hagerty New York American University Snyder Col Thomas W. Mattingly Army Walter Reed Medical Center

Eisenhower Backs Natural Gas Bill After Amendments Drop

President Eisenhower revived support for the natural gas bill after dropping his insistence on proposed amendments. He urged enactment this session, signaling a shift as House Commerce Committee Chairman Oren Harris reviews a bill easing price-fixing controls on gas sold by independent producers to pipeline companies.

Washington Eisenhower Oren Harris House Commerce Committee Harris

Supreme Court Faces Backlog of 30 Cases Ahead of Summer

Washington the Supreme Court meets to rule on more than 30 cases not yet disposed of before summer adjournment. Justices likely to finish after June 3 with cases pending including obscenity law tests, the Louisiana tidelands dispute, an appeal of 14 California Communists under the Smith Act, military over civilian jurisdiction abroad, and the Watkins contempt conviction case.

Washington Supreme Court Louisiana Tidelands California Illinois John T. Watkins

Pro Western Lebanon Vote Delivers Strong Pro Western Victory

Premier Sami El Solh and a pro Western government won a major parliamentary win in Lebanon, signaling a shift away from Syria and Egypt. The result, seen as opposing leftist ties to Cairo and Beirut, follows President Chamoun's appeal to Jordan and Saudi leaders for Arab aims. A Jordanian shift against Egypt strained relations, with Beirut reporting Egyptian officials expelled earlier. Continued on page two.

United Press Sami el Solh Lebanon Syria Egypt Camile Chamoun Hussein Jordan King Saud Saudi Arabia Amman Nasser Saud Gamal Abdel Naser Middle East Beirut

Dulles Warns Against Accepting Promises on Disarmament

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the House Foreign Affairs Committee the United States will not disarm on Soviet promises. He urged continued arms reductions through UN procedures while defending Eisenhower's foreign aid budget to bolster allies against communist aggression.

Washington John Foster Dulles United States Dulles United Nations House Foreign Affairs Committee Eisenhower U. S

Frank Givens Suffered Stroke During Ball Game

Frank Givens, who suffered a light stroke while attending a ball game Saturday night, spent a restful night at Childress General Hospital. He was hospitalized Sunday morning and has partial paralysis of the right leg, according to relatives.

Frank Givens Childress General Hospital Givens

Rains Delay Texas Farming Into Late Spring

Dallas reports spring rains have delayed farming across Texas, keeping field work three weeks to a month behind schedule. C B Senter notes flood losses total 28 million dollars, but rains may aid overall prospects. cotton planting is stalled in many areas with 370,000 acres planned for West Texas.

Texas Texas and Pacific Railway C. B. Senter Senter West

Scattered Rain And Warmer Texas Temperatures Forecast

A weather summary notes widely scattered thunderstorm activity in the Panhandle with some locally severe storms possible. Temperatures peak in the mid 80s to 102 in Laredo, with five day forecasts 2 to 5 degrees above normal in East and Central Texas. Rainfall totals vary across the state with scattered showers and isolated storms reported in Borger Dumas Del Rio and surrounding areas.

Panhandle Texas Mercury Laredo East West Texas Borger Dumas del Rio Middle Rio Grande

Band School Opens Here This Morning

The annual Summer Band School began this morning at the High School Band Hall. Director Pat McNallen reported sessions run in the morning. All 26 pupils who pre-registered are to report at 9 o clock Tuesday morning.

Pat McNallen

Storms Hit Central US On Sunday

Violent storms ripped the Plains with tornadoes touching down in three states and heavy rain in Kansas and Oklahoma. Twisters raced through central South Dakota, western Kansas, and northwestern Oklahoma leaving no major damage reports. Funnel clouds appeared in Arkansas and near the central Rockies as gusts exceeded 90 mph in Hutchinson Kansas. Cooler conditions followed and rainfall was light in the central Rockies and lower Mississippi Valley. A tropical storm veered into the open Atlantic after capsizing a cabin cruiser near St. Petersburg Florida with five presumed dead.

Plains States Kansas Oklahoma South Dakota Arkansas Rockies Hutchinson Kan Mississippi Valley Atlantic St. Petersburg Fla Page Five

Graham Would Hold Revival For Russians

Evangelist Billy Graham urged Soviet leaders to grant him freedom to preach in Russia on Meet the Press and The Steve Allen Show. He predicted a vast religious revival there if unrestricted access and movement were allowed, saying conversions would exceed those in India London or the United States. He denied racial segregation at meetings, asserting that all are the same color in God’s sight.

New York Billy Graham Russia Graham Meet the Press Soviet Union India London United States North Carolina South Steve Allen Madison Square Garden New York City

Fireworks display in Childress in jeopardy this year

Allen Harp, chairman of the Childress Chamber of Commerce July fourth committee, says the planned fireworks show may be canceled due to underwritten costs. Subscriptions aimed at $400 have brought only $64.50 from seven firms as of Monday. Checks must arrive by Saturday to secure delivery before July 4. unfulfilled gifts will be returned.

Childress Allen Harp Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development Harp Fair Park

Government Stands Put On Its Girard Decision

Eisenhower remains firm on sending William Girard to Japan for trial amid petitions and protests led by Louis Girard Shirley Girard and thousands of signers. The government plans to quash subpoenas and present legal affidavits as a federal judge presses whether Girard should be returned from Japan for trial.

Girard Washington Eisenhower Louis Girard William Sr Pennsylvania Railroad Liberty Limited Ottawa Ill Shirley U.S Japan United States William United Press Josph C. McGarraghy

Republicans Poll on Civil Rights Amendment Divides House

GOP leaders polled Republicans to gauge support for a Southern plan to require jury trials in federal civil rights injunctive cases as debate on 30 Southern backed amendments began. Some Southern backers said 70 to 75 Northern Republican votes needed. Martin predicted failure to reach that level. A second GOP member saw at most 65 supporters.

Washington Administration House Eisenhower Joseph W Martin Jr Mass House Antitrust Federal Communications Commission

Accidents Take Heavy Texas Death Toll Across Weekends

A Sunday United Press survey cites at least 12 Texas deaths from traffic crashes drownings a plane crash and electrocution. Six died in auto wrecks two in a light plane crash three drowned and one electrocuted. Ray ine Crump 16 perished in a drag race crash near Marshall. Two men died when a Cessna 170 crashed near Seagoville.

Texas United Press Marshall Rayine Crump Kilgore Crump Caddo Lake Seagoville Page Two

Agreement On H-Test Ban Now Squarely Up To Reds

The article notes the h-bomb test ban now hinges on Soviet choice. Russia presses to end tests while demanding airtight inspection. Eisenhower and MacMillan require verifiable safeguards before any pledge to end testing. Linus Pauling mobilizes scientists urging an international accord over radiation fears.

Reds Soviet Russia States Great Britain Eisenhower Harold MacMillan United States Labor Party MacMillan Linus Pauling California Institute of Technology Pauling

JC's Swimming Pool Black-Topping Project Successful

About 80 cars were washed and greased Sunday by the Childress Jaycee Club to raise funds for black-topping a dirt area at the Fair Park pool. Gordon Gravley chaired the one day event with Red Gentry thanking nine service stations Barron Humble Wynn Gulf Dugan Phillips Buckley Texaco Rucker Conoco Jackson Texaco Fire Gulf Brummett Chevron Finn Gulf for participation.

Childress Jaycee Club Gordon Gravley Fair Park Jaycees Graviey Red Gentry Barron

Smith wins calf roping at Plainview Bar None Rodeo

Clifton Smith of Childress wins top money in calf roping at the Plainview Bar None Rodeo ending Saturday night with an average time of 37.3 seconds. Other top-money ropers include Lefty Wilken of Ysle ta, Gene Clark of Bakersfield, California, and Spicer Gripp of Hereford. Smith’s top roping purse totaled $105.92.

Clifton Smith Childress Plainview Bar None Lefty Wilken Ysleta Gene Clark Bakersfield Calif Spicer Gripp Hereford Smith

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